It's Shirt Month 2019!

By Allie

Allie is the co-founder of Indiesew and creator of all things pretty on the site. Follow Allie and receive other Indiesew updates by subscribing to the blog.

It's officially Shirt Month 2019, our favorite annual event! This is the second year that we'll spend an entire month celebrating the button-up shirt and shirt dress and it has become quite popular with the online sewing community! Check out #shirtmonth to see what we mean.

What can you expect this month? A lot of sewing inspiration! We've got pattern hacks, guest posts, tutorials, and new patterns lined up for you. And that's in addition to the new fabrics we've already loaded into the shop.

Shirt Month is designed to inspire you to sew at least one shirt or shirt dress in February. Many participants sew two or more! 

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, WHAT'S A SHIRT OR SHIRTDRESS?

For this event, we consider a shirt or shirtdress to be any top, dress, or romper with a full or partial center front placket and a collar.

Shirt and shirtdress sewing patterns

We currently have nearly twenty shirt and shirtdress sewing patterns available on Indiesew! And we'll be adding a few more over the next thirty days.

Cheyenne Tunic sewn by Rachel

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Shirt and Shirtdress Creations (Plus, a giveaway!)

For some sewing inspiration, check out over 200 shirt and shirtdress creations from the sewing community!

Plus, if you upload a shirt or shirtdress creation in the month of February you'll be entered to win a $50 gift card! We'll choose and contact the winner the first week of March.

10% Off New Shirt Fabrics

Just for Shirt Month, we've added six new cotton and linen fabrics to the shop! You'll see several of these fabrics on the blog this month as we show off what we've sewn for the event. Get 10% off these fabrics with coupon code SHIRTMONTH19. Sale ends February 28th.

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How to Play Along

If you want to get involved in Shirt Month 2019, choose a shirt or shirtdress sewing pattern and your favorite fabric! In the next few days, we'll be talking about fabric, so you can get yours washed and ready to go. 

Then, over the next few weeks, show us in-process shots of your shirt using #shirtmonth on Instagram. By the end of the month, we'll finish our shirt of shirtdresses and show them off! Upload your creation for a chance to win a $50 Indiesew Gift Card!

Ready, set, go! Happy shirt sewing!